Nice one Gisborne Tower!

[Got the horn]

GISBORNE (NZGS):

SPAR NZGS 041910Z
4000M +SHRA BKN006 EVEN THE DUCKS ARENT FLYING=

Classic!

[6080ft]

A couple of weeks ago the comment ' I AM OVER WINTER' or words to such effect was added to the end of the SPAR.

[Zippy Monster]

Saw RMK SHYTE= added to the end of one during a particularly cloudy and wet week a couple of winters ago. Good stuff.

[The Green Goblin]

I'm assuming SPAR = Specific Aerodrome Report?

[Got the horn]

SPecial Aerodrome Report. Non-ICAO NZ thing. Will be gone next year.

[minimum_wage]

Everything Airways seem to do is non-ICAO here.

[Water Wings]

I suspect I know exactly which Controller came up with this one

[solowflyer]

Best one I have seen is a notam for Great barrier Island "Caution pig rooting on runway"

[Aerozepplin]

I'm going to miss SPARs

[Cpt Link Hog]

GS Twr still rocken for the boys morning coffie

Gizzy its the Shizzy....

[haughtney1]

GISBORNE (NZGS):

SPAR NZGS 041910Z
4000M +SHRA BKN006 EVEN THE DUCKS ARENT FLYING=

Must be pretty crap ducks down the east coast these days......

Thats a standard April day in the UK....except for the 4000M...its usually 2000M

[framer]

A lot of NZ's ducks are heavily unionised since the first Ausi ducks made it across the ditch in the eighties.It's pretty much getting out of control now as some of them refuse to fly during early May.

[Sqwark2004]

Is Uncle Wayne T still giving the pilots grief in GS?

[slackie]

Nope, he's resident in the big smoke (NZAA) now .... waiting ...waiting....WAITING!!

[BlatantLiar]

As usual air traffic control is making assumptions about my skill level

[601]

Non-ICAO NZ thing.

At least we managed to export something to NZ.

[Lindstrim]

They are gone now